All right, this next tool, we're going to talk about in Camera Raw, the…Targeted Adjustment tool is actually one of the more fun tools because it lets…you interact with your image directly and make some creative edits, just by…interacting and dragging within the image instead of playing with a bunch of sliders.…So let's go switch to that tool, the Targeted Adjustment tool is this guy right…here with the little target on it, and there is actually quite a few different…target adjustments available.…If I click down on the tool icon itself, I get a little pop-up menu, where I can…choose something called Parametric Curve, kind of a geeky term.…

This is just basically tonal corrections, so lights and darks and shifting them…to either darker or lighter.…Some color adjustments, so shifting hues and saturation and intensity and…luminance and then also a custom grayscale converter as well.…Let's start with the Parametric Curve option.…For those of you who do dream in keyboard shortcuts, there is actually…

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4/30/2010

In Photoshop CS5 Essential Training, author Michael Ninness demonstrates how to produce the highest quality images with fantastic detail in the shortest amount of time, using a combination of Photoshop CS5, Adobe Bridge, and Camera Raw. This course shows the most efficient ways to perform common editing tasks, including noise reduction, shadow and highlight detail recovery, retouching, and combining multiple images. Along the way, Michael shares the secrets of non-destructive editing, utilizing and mastering Adobe Bridge, Camera Raw, layers, adjustment layers, blending modes, layer masks, and much more. Exercise files are included with the course.